Gavin Walker Email & Phone Number

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Affecting organisational and systemic change. Using strategic communications to bring focus to complex challenges.Project clients include: NHS Digital, NatWest Group, Lloyds of London, Prudential, British Medical Association, Federation of Small Businesses, Transport for Ireland, Church of Scotland.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Principal consultant at an award-winning Service Design agency. Using storytelling to change thinking, build relationships and validate strategic decision-making. - Created a strategic storytelling and communications function - Brand and service strategy development- Client stakeholder engagement

One of the BBC's principal broadcast journalists in Scotland, covering the biggest stories of the day across news, business and politics on television and radio.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Freelance broadcast professional in Scotland. On-Air news journalist for a variety of clients, including: Sky News, BBC News, Sky Sports and BBC Scotland News and Sport.Also produced and delivered a number of corporate videos, including for BSkyB and the European Union.

Singapore

Launched and produced FootballAsia (sic), the official weekly TV show for football's governing body in Asia, ahead of the FIFA 2002 World Cup in Korea/Japan. Managed a multi-disciplinary team covering 44 countries across 12 time zones and many logistical, cultural and technological boundaries. Versioned the programme for broadcast in multiple languages around the world. Produced video shoots in countries including Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Japan, China, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Maldives Malaysia, and Thailand. Responsible for: - Line production- Travel, footage and rights budgets- Story selection and treatment- Production scheduling- Footage and rights acquisition- Traineeship programme- Broadcast complianceProduced "Rising Sons" a nine-part documentary series on the history of asian football.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Responsible for all operational aspects of reporting live and recorded television news for BBC News and Sky News.

Hong Kong

Wrote, produced and reported documentary-length packages for a fast-paced, award-winning, investigative current affairs TV show. Stories included: human rights abuse in Xinjiang - China, Mobile phone health fears, the digital music revolution, and the rise of E-commerce.

Sydney, Australia

Wrote, produced and packaged extended TV news packages on the world's biggest stories-of-the-day, including:- Middle-East peace- Kosovo refugee crisis- Asian currency crisis- Climate change

London

Responsible for all aspects of putting to air a live, fast-paced, rolling news programme. Overcame massive adversity on an almost hourly basis in what must be one of the most highly pressurised environments in broadcasting. Duties included: - Story selection and treatment- Copywriting and editing- Packaging foreign news feeds- Directing video edits- Briefing presenters- Gallery production

New York City, Usa

Covered a diverse range of hard news, features and assignment-desk work, including - Regular United nations stories and developments, including the orgs 50th anniversary- The Supreme Court trial of the World Trade Centre Bomber- New York Fashion Week- Movie PremieresAlso worked as a field-producer on the documentary series Frost's 20th Century. Other work included producing and directing two mini-documentary-style commercials for Philips' “Making Things Better” TV advertising campaign.

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Ran the busy Scottish newsdesk and covered the full range of hard news and feature stories. Also worked in Northern Ireland for Reuters TV during one of the most sensitive periods of the peace process.

Various

News reporter for various radio stations in Scotland.